I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
We must make it clear that our problem is not in Mecca but in Brussels.
What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt.
So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.
There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.
Atlanta was a welcoming presence for a lot of artists; they called it 'the Mecca of the South.' I got to see the Negro Ensemble Company, Cicely Tyson, Geraldine Page, Ruby Dee, all onstage.
